Advancement Associate

Saint Barnabas Medical Center • New York, NY

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About The Position

SBH Health System seeks an exceptional development support professional to join
the Office of Institutional Advancement (Development). The Advancement Associate
is key to the effectiveness and smooth functioning of the department and will
have primary responsibility for supporting events, developing prospect leads
through prospect research, scheduling donor meetings, donor material development
and distribution, and other administrative duties. This is a great opportunity
to work with dedicated healthcare workers, serve and underserved community, grow
the visibility of SBH, and create a pipeline of potential transformational
donors.

Requirements

• Bachelors’ Degree required
• 4 years’ work experience, preferably working in an office setting, in development, public relations or marketing
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office environment
• Ability to learn fund-raising database; Raiser's Edge experience preferred
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Organized, meticulous, and flexible
• The ability to work within an environment that emphasizes teamwork
• Individual initiative
• Sensitivity, tact, and diplomacy
• The ability to honor confidentiality

Nice To Haves

• Ability to learn fund-raising database; Raiser's Edge experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Support the Office of Advancement’s comprehensive donor programs to raise funds for SBH Health System
• Provide all support for Advancement events.
• Provide administrative support (e.g. scheduling internal meetings, donor meetings, maintain calendar, prepare and coordinate materials, agendas for meetings, etc.)
• Compose and proofread proposals, case for support, program summaries, talking points, briefings, personalized donor acknowledgments as well as other correspondence as directed.
• Draft correspondence, and prepare/coordinate in house mailings to managed prospect portfolios
• Oversee and manage purchase orders, invoices and other expenses for Advancement (fundraising).
• Raisers Edge Prospect/Portfolio Management: Update and maintain all moves management information related to managed portfolios as well as prospect base including entering contact reports, adding and updating proposals, entering future/anticipated actions, maintaining all data/coding related to the several reports most frequently used in tracking and measuring donor moves management.
• Field and respond to external donor related phone and email inquiries.
• Assist with scheduling and coordinating logistics related to donor cultivation and stewardship events
• Foster positive and professional working relationships with all staff.
• Assist with special projects as assigned

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees